The country is not in recession. A furniture factory in a northern town closes after its owners move production overseas to cut costs. Its former workers are trained in furniture making, but most of the vacancies in the town are now for care workers and software developers. In another town, a qualified solar-panel installer who has just moved house has been out of work for three weeks while applying for some of the installer vacancies advertised locally.
State the type of unemployment affecting the former furniture-factory workers and the type affecting the solar-panel installer, and explain why each is experiencing that type.
189 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Economics 2.2 Government objectives, covering 2.2.1a The main economic objectives, 2.2.1b Conflicts between government objectives, 2.2.1c Other objectives and ethical considerations, 2.2.2a The significance of economic growth, 2.2.2b Causes, costs, benefits and policies for growth, 2.2.2c GDP measures and calculations, 2.2.3a Measuring employment and unemployment, 2.2.3b Types and causes of unemployment, 2.2.3c Consequences and policies for unemployment, 2.2.4a What inflation is, 2.2.4b Measuring inflation with the CPI, 2.2.4c Causes, consequences and control of inflation, 2.2.5a Balance of trade and balance of payments, 2.2.5b Current account surpluses and deficits, 2.2.5c Policies to influence the balance of payments, 2.2.6a Income and wealth inequality in the UK, 2.2.6b Causes and consequences of inequality, and 2.2.6c Redistributing income and wealth. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.